succulent
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Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal" Karlson – born Cecil George Edwards – dramatically shouted, while resisting the officers.
From BBC ● Mar. 30, 2026
Stewing a piece of meat until it transforms from leather into something tender and succulent.
From Salon ● Dec. 28, 2025
Marked by notes of spice and cherry, the deep red wine is soft, succulent and eminently drinkable—a wine for a special occasion or a Tuesday night with friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 22, 2025
This is followed by succulent roast duck, all you can eat.
From "Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps" by Andrea Warren
They invited the neighbors to dig up the succulents and take them home.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
Rust-colored mountains tower on the horizon, pale-green succulents defy the parched earth, Spanish-style shingles fill the scenery.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2026
For others, like cacti and succulents, Clare says we mistakenly drown them by unnecessarily watering them.
From BBC ● Jan. 14, 2026
The gardens are designed to have more than 200 species of plants and trees, including palms, oaks, sycamores, succulents and olives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2025
We walked along a rock path of what she called succulents, a word that for some reason I couldn’t stop laughing at.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
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